The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:24:58 at Utrecht 2025 put Wouter Thijssen 518th of 1,337 men in the Open division, ahead of 61% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 70% of the field beaten on the stations, against 46% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 1:47 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:04 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Utrecht cost the whole field time: about 1:39 more than the average race this season, going by 1,123 athletes who raced both. 2:24 slower than at Cologne 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:34Running 1 5:09v median +0:21
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Block 02 8:58Running 2 5:36v median +0:22
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Block 03 11:20Running 3 5:57v median +0:16
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Block 04 11:01Running 4 5:41v median +0:01
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Block 05 10:31Running 5 5:50v median −0:01
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Block 06 8:04Running 6 5:51v median +0:08
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Block 07 10:27Running 7 6:03v median +0:24
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Block 08 10:16Running 8 4:46v median −0:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:57
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1291
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,291 men who finished.